Free Romance: Auctioned To The Panther: BBW Dragon Shifter Romance Standalone (Wild Shifters Book 2) by Ashley Hunter Page A

known for a little while now that I actually love you, more than anyone I've ever met before. And despite the fact that you turn into a panther.”
    She pulled back, a smile on her face. “Although that explains the mysterious streak you've got going on.”
    She stood up on her toes, trying to reach his lips for a kiss, but Christian pulled away, feeling dazed. “You're not angry?” he asked, sounding vulnerable. “Or terrified?”
    Grace snorted. “If you were going to eat me, I guess I figure you would've done it by now,” she said with a shrug. “Also, I know that you really care about me, and you've taken such great care of me. I can't think that it was all just to get me to fall in love with you.”
    “You're in love with me,” Christian said, making it sound almost like a question. He shook his head and tried again, this time sounding awed: “You're in love with me.”
    He leant down to kiss her finally, their meeting full of fire and passion. He backed her against the wall, still kissing her with desperate ferocity that was unlike any of the kisses they had shared previously. No, this was no slow slide of tongues against one another: instead, they met with clashing teeth and firm pressure against one another's lips, and they barely surfaced for air.
    Grace pushed against the wall and used it to get leverage as she pressed down on Christian's strong thigh where it was nestled in between her own. She tangled her left fingers with his and used the other hand to pull him closer so that there was no space left between their bodies.
    Christian began biting a mark into her neck and paused for a second, pulling away slightly so he could look Grace in the eye. “You're my mate ,” he said, hoping she understood without too much explanation. He didn't want to stop what he was doing, but neither did he want to claim her without her fully realizing what that meant. “You're my mate , and you're mine for good. For the rest of our lives.”
    He whined in the back of his throat when Grace rocked against him, squeezing their hands tight together. “Yours,” she agreed. “I'm all yours.”
    Christian dropped his forehead down to rest against her shoulder, breathing heavily and willing himself to calm down enough to have this conversation. “Grace, what I mean is…”
    “I know, I know,” Grace said, equally breathless. “I'm your mate, your panther side has chosen me, okay— okay . Now just take me already!”
    Christian shook his head at her impatience but went back to biting a bruising mark into her neck, right where the tendons of her shoulder and her neck came together. This way, any other shifter who came across the woman would know that she belonged to him—that she was his mate, and only his.
    Grace cried out at the pain of the bite, but when Christian made to pull away, her hand was there on the back of his skull, keeping him close. “Please,” she begged. “Please, mark me, make me yours—I'm all yours Christian.”
    And so Christian continued what he was doing for a moment, leaving a trail of marks that would be unmistakable to anyone, human or otherwise. He tore open the blouse that Grace was wearing, pleasantly surprised to find that she wasn't wearing a bra beneath it and that instead, her perky tits were now free, nipples pebbling beneath the pads of his fingers.
    Grace groaned and arched against him, throwing her arms up in the arm above her head, wrists crossed. Christian helpfully pinned them there with one of his own hands, continuing to suck lightly at her chest even as his other hand snaked lower to come up underneath her skirt.
    “Christian!” Grace gasped, sounding as though she was already brimming with desire even though they'd just begun. He wanted to take his time with her, make everything perfect—now she truly was his mate. Then again, he didn't know how long he'd last, with her rubbing herself against him like that.
    “You're so gorgeous,” Christian said, pulling back to take